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Show THE THUNDERBIRD VICA medalists advance BY SUZANNE STEWART SUSC's VICA Club was named the outstanding club in Utah for the third year in a row at the Utah Skill Olympics, held April 12 and 13 at Salt Lake Community College. Additionally, the club plans to send 10 members to its national convention. The annual event, consisting of contests in different vocational trades, is sponsored by Utah industries. Students compete in areas such as electronics, cabinetmaking, automotive skills and graphic arts. Club members could also compete in speaking and job skill demonstration catagories. Students receiving gold medals were Kelly Dix in electronic products servicing; Tim Wilson in automotive technology and Laryrn Jones in job skill demonstration. Jones was last year's state and national gold medal winner in this category. State level gold medal recipients qualify to attend the United States Skill Olympics, where KGSU will BY PETER MONDAY APRIL 25, 1988 PAGF 3 to nationals they will compete at the national level. Seven members of the leadership opening and closing team also received gold medals. In this competition, team members explain the VICA symbol. "It is a very exact and involved competition," said VICA adviser Ken Munford. "They beat out some excellent teams, and think they have a good shot at nationals." Opening and closing team members are Cheryl Singleton, Don Werber, Wayne Porter, Tracy Bathurst, James Holiman, Devon Childs and Steven Fenn. Students receiving silver medals were Darren Lewis, in cabinet and millwork; Kyle Conner in photography and Charles Smith in extemporaneous speaking. Bronze medalists were Porter, in electronic product servicing and Michael Dix in electronic technology. The 10 gold medalists will attend the national competition June 19 through 25 in Wichita, Kan., where they will compete with students from each state. restore complete service TAGG "KGSU FM 91.1" is a familiar sound to most students, but due to transmitter damage SUSC's own radio station is presently confined to the boundaries of Cedar City. About nine months ago, the station's 10,000 watt transmitter was severely damaged in a thunderstorm, and since then has been running on about 40 watts. "Before the damage, we served all of Iron County, now we just serve Cedar. That's our primary audience anyway," said Art Challis, the station's faculty adviser. Most of the parts for repair work on the transmitter are already here, but two of the main parts did not arrive until last week. However, "When we repair it we'll have to be off the air for about a week," Challis said, "so we are going to wait until the end of the quarter." KGSU came to SUSC's campus in 1966, airing in mono on a 10 watt transmitter. Around 1973 the station moved up to 250 watts, and in 1984 to 10,000 watts and stereo. Under Challis' supervision, the station is run entirely by students. "We try to get educational programs, news features and announcements of campus activities," said Station Manager Ben Felix, a in communication. "We try to have a good format for college students." Challis encouraged clubs and the student body to take advantage of using the radio for publicizing their events. KGSU also works in conjunction with SUSC's television studio via Channel Nine. Communication professor Lionel Grady said, "The soundtrack of KGSU is piped onto cable television, while college announcements are flashed up on the screen. Eventually we hope to expand announcements to include the general junior majoring community." Jensen, Woodbury return to Convo Classical guitarists Milton Jensen and Todd Woodbury will return to SUSC Thursday to present a Convocation program and formal evening concert. The popular Utah musicians began playing guitar together in 1980, a partnership that has resulted in a musical repertoire spanning four centuries. Their concert resume included several performances in Cedar City and other southern Utah communities. Jensen and Woodbury will be in Cedar City all week to present a series of community master classes and lecturedemonstrations. Their is being sponsored by the Utah Arts Council, SUSC Convocations and the SUSC Scarlet and Black. An informal lecture and musical demonstration is planned for Convocation and will enhance the formal concert that evening at 8 p.m. in the Thorley Recital Hall. artists-in-residen- "We have found the morning lectureevening concert format an excellent combination, especially for fine arts programs such as the JensenAVoodbury Duo," said Convocations Coordinator Lana Johnson. Space engineer R. Gilbert Moore discussed the possibility of SUSC being included in future space programs on Thursday. Moore outlines Utah's role in future space programs BY KENNY R. RHODES Utah must look ahead in order to compete in today's high-tec- h world, said R. Gilbert Moore during Thursday's Convocation. Director of advanced programs at Globesat Inc., a Logan-base- d spacecraft systems development company, and a research professor at Utah State University, Moore discussed the role that USU and the University of Utah have played in the space program. Moore also discussed the possibility that, in the future, SUSC could be involved in Utah's space program. During his speech, Moore employed the use of a slide presentation to illustrate his narrative about experiments sent up on the shuttle by students at USU. Moore discussed one student experiment which attempted to create a convection current in zero gravity. During the experiment, a piece cf plastic came too close to a heat, source, which was heating a small piece of wax. As the plastic burned, the smoke was drawn into the convection current created by the hot wax. This experiment came to be known as the first to prove that a convection current can be created by one source and then affect another substance. Moore conveyed a positive attitude to students about "The. Utah Space Connection" and its potential for growth. SUSC administrators clarify college graduation procedures BY BETSY THOMAS Graduating seniors who have not completed the procedures toward graduating need to do so immediately, said college officials in a recent meeting. "The steps are quite simple, if everyone knows the rules," said Van Bushnell, business professor and member of the graduation committee. By now, students should have completed their graduation application papers and turned them in to the Registrar's Office. The Registrar's Office has been very flexible for those who have mUsed the cut-odate, but Mark Barton, director of admissions and records, stresses the fact that students who still do not have their applications in need to do so immediately. Seniors should have paid a $10 diploma fee when applications were turned in to the Registrar's Office. Although students will receive their diploma cover at graduation, they will not receive their actual diploma in the mail if the fee is not paid. Sheila Johnson, the ff Registrar Office manager, said diplomas will be mailed to graduates by the end of July 1988, after spring quarter's grades are computed. Four-yegraduation applications are now processed and seniors may make an appointment with Johnson to discuss any necessary changes or certificates are still being problems. One and two-yeevaluated but will be finished soon, Johnson said. ar ar Another fee is required for cap and gown and should be paid at the cashier's window in the Registrar's Office. The fee is $12.50 for associate and bachelor degrees and $17 for masters. This fee must be paid immediately, according to Peg Thorley, director of aiumm relations, so she can organize cap and gown sizes. Graduates should come to Thorley's office on the third floor of the Administration Building, room 303C, for measurements. Graduation announcements are also available in the bookstore at 60 cents each. Name cards are $6.25 per 50 cards (minimum order). Cards take approximately two weeks to be processed and students are encouraged to order as soon as possible, according to bookstore employees. Next year, a graduation information sheet will be published by the graduation committee, with the help of Lynn Holt, a communication, major. The information sheet will be available in the fall, so seniors may prepare in advance for the graduation process. The catalog and class schedule will also contain specific information about fees and deadlines, said Sterling Church, vice president of student services. An information brochure is now available at the Registrar's Office, outlining specific steps of the commencement exercises. For further questions concerning graduation, contact Church at 586-7710. |